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IETF—Internet Engineering Task Force

  The body that defines standard internet operating protocols such as TCP/IP, standards that are expressed in the form of Requests for Comments (RFCs).



IIOP—Internet Inter-ORB Protocol   A protocol used for communication between Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) object-request brokers.



independent software vendor (ISV)   A company that makes and sells software products that run on one or more computer hardware or operating system platforms.



index
  An area of the database storage dedicated to holding key data values to allow direct access to a database row.



Information Technology (IT)   A field encompassing all forms of technology used to create, store, exchange, and use information in all its various forms.



infrastructure   In computing, the hardware and software on which applications are run. See also integrated infrastructure.



inheritance   In programming, the property by which classes automatically contain the variables and methods defined in their supertypes.



initial load   The first population of data in a production data warehouse.



initialization parameter
  A trigger that identifies the context associated with a servlet.



instance
  An object of a particular class.



instantiation   In programming, the process of producing a more defined version of some object by replacing variables with values (or other variables).



integrate   To take data in a variety of different formats and from a variety of different sources and merge it into a single format.



integrated infrastructure   A platform on which applications are run that allows the applications to share functionality.



integrity rules   The laws that govern the operations allowed on the data and structures of a database.



internal data
  Data that resides in an organization's central processing complex.



International Oracle Users Group (IOUG)   An independent organization of Oracle database and application development professionals that seeks to provide its members with opportunities for information, education, networking, and advocacy.



International Organization for Standardization (ISO)   A worldwide federation of national standards bodies that fosters Open Systems Interconnection (OSI), a universal reference model for communication protocols, among other standards.



Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)   The body that defines standard internet operating protocols such as TCP/IP, standards that are expressed in the form of Requests for Comments (RFCs).



Internet Protocol (IP)   The basic protocol of the internet.



internet service provider (ISP)   A company that provides access to the internet.



IOUG (International Oracle Users Group)   An independent organization of Oracle database and application development professionals that seeks to provide its members with opportunities for information, education, networking, and advocacy.



IP—Internet Protocol   The basic protocol of the internet.



IP address
  The unique identifying number belonging to each computer on the internet.



ISO—International Organization for Standardization   A worldwide federation of national standards bodies that fosters Open Systems Interconnection (OSI), a universal reference model for communication protocols, among other standards.



ISP—internet service provider   A company that provides access to the internet.



ISV—independent software vendor   A company that makes and sells software products that run on one or more computer hardware or operating system platforms.



IT—Information Technology   A field encompassing all forms of technology used to create, store, exchange, and use information in all its various forms.



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